coincidency coincidency (koinsidensi)

War burton. [Rare.] Coincidence. coincident (kō-in'si-dent), a. and n. [F. co incident = Sp. Sp. Pg. It. coincidente, Spottiswoode, Polarisation, p. 31. 2. Happening at the same time; coexistent: with with. Their international communication was greatly facilitated by several useful inventions coincident with this period. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 1. Shakspeare, too, saw that in true love, as in fire, the utmost ardor is coincident with the utmost purity. Marg . Fuller , Woman in 19th Cent., p. 68. Ignorance and crime are not cause and effect; they are coincident results of the same cause. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 379. 3. Concurrent; exactly corresponding; in all respects conformable; consistent. Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly... coincident with the ruling principles of a virtuous man. South . II. n. A concurrence; a coincidence. [Rare.] Lay wisdom on thy valour, on thy wisdom valour, For these are mutual co-incidents. is, one pound of gold can be coined into as many dollars as 15.988 pounds of silver. The coinage ratio is intended (except for subsidiary coins), where bimetallism is desired, to be identical with the average commercial ratio; if this is not the case the metal which is undervalued disappears coincidental (kō-in-si-dental), a. [ from circulation as money. Thus under the law of 1792 the coinage ratio was fixed at 15 to 1, but this undervalued gold and it disappeared from circulation; in 1834 the ratio was changed to 16.002 to 1, and in 1837 to 15.988 to 1, but this undervalued silver and it practically disappeared from circulation (except in the form of subsidiary and abraded coins) until 1873, when it was demonetized. Since that date the fall in the value of silver has brought the commercial ratio (1896) down to about 32 to 1.- Free coinage, See free. -Garbling the coinage. See garble. Middle ton and Rowley , World Tost at Tennis. dent, n., + -al. ] Pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of coincidence or a coincidence; happening at or about the same time as another event to which it is in some notable way related. I have myself.. noted a considerable number of very striking coincidental dreams. N. and Q., 6th ser., X. 358. coincidentally (kō-in-si-den tal-i), adv. In a IMG:content-0770.png:[blocks in formation] 7. [F.] The clock of a stocking. - Aryandic coin. See Aryandic. - Coin-cup, a metal cup or tankard in which coins of silver or gold are inserted, in the bottom, sides, or cover, as ornaments. - Current coin, coin in general circulation. Defaced coin, coin on which any name or words have been stamped other than those pre ed by the mint in accordance with statute. Any person who defaces coin of the United States, or foreign coin that pa es current in the United States, is punishable by law. Obsidional coins, coins of various base metals, struck in besieged places, as a substitute for current money. -To pay one in his own coin, to treat a person as he has treated you; give him tit for tat. I was acquainted with the danger of her disposition; and now have fitted her a just payment in her own coin. Ford, "Tis Pity, iv. 1.